The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates

About this book

This expanded second edition of The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates adds information on building enclosures dehumidification sustainability mold avoidance energy reduction and much more-all tightly focused on the needs of owners architects and engineers who build and manage buildings in hot and humid climates. The book includes six chapters that discuss critical crosscutting issues for architecture engineering and building management along with eleven chapters of detailed and practical solutions to everyday problems in each area.ASHRAE founded in 1894 is an international organization of some 50 000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research standards writing publishing and continuing education. The ASHRAE Handbooks are the design standard for control of built environments with volumes on Systems and Equipment HVAC